ROAD charging, a speed camera on every street and train stations at Park Barn and Merrow are some of the proposals put forward by the Guildford Environmental Forum.

The proposals formed part of the forum's response last week to Surrey County Council's provisional Local Transport Plan.

The forum is independent and was set up following the Rio Earth summit and has representatives from the borough and county councils, and other groups with an interest in the environment.

Higher quality bus services, as part of the five-year strategy, must be included in the LTP says the forum. North Street should continue to be served by buses, but the location of any new bus station needed careful consideration. The report suggested that relocation to the railway station should be considered.

Park and ride on trains should be established and promoted with stations like Clandon being possible targets.

Railway stations at Park Barn and Merrow should be quickly implemented and the Cranleigh to Guildford line should be reopened with the possible introduction of road charging on the A281 to "persuade" motorists to change to public transport, according to the report.

The eastern end of North Street would benefit from being made a pedestrian street during the day and pedestrians should have priority over traffic in the rest of the street.

Walnut Tree Close should be closed to through traffic to allow traffic to call at the railway station, says the report.

Parking charges at out-of-town shopping centres and supermarkets should be introduced with the revenue raised going to improving public transport. So-called home zones where the streets are shared between pedestrians, cyclists and motorists and the drivers would have to proceed at walking pace should be introduced in Guildford, they suggest.

Speed limits should be "strictly enforced" using automatic cameras which "should soon be cheap enough for a camera on every street", according to the report.

The chairman of the forum, Peter Slade, said he hoped the forum's views would be taken into account when the full LTP is completed in July.

The chairman of the forum's transport group, Nigel Thomas said: "Like it or not, if we are to sustain economic prosperity in Surrey, then we have little choice other than to invest substantially in public transport and work hard to change the cultural perceptions and stigmas that it carries."